December 6th

I postponed the peer editing session until tomorrow.  I took from you the original draft you turned in to me along with your newly revised draft.  I want to take it home this evening to quickly check to see you did your homework.  You will have your peer editing session(s) tomorrow in class.

Today we began by taking a look at comma usage.  We did an example from each section. With the remaining time you began your homework assignment and also had a 10 minute preview of the bookfair.  Whatever you were unable to finish in class you must do at home this evening.

The assignment is as follows.  I will collect it tomorrow for an exposure grade:

1. Page 748 #1-6 (write out the new sentence)
2. Page 750 #1-6 (write out the word before the comma, then the "," and the word following the comma
3. Page 752 #1-6, 8, 10 (write out the new sentence)

LOOKING AHEAD
Tuesday: Peer editing sessions
Wednesday: formatting issues, grammar
Thursday: FINAL PAPER DUE (bring in all drafts as we will be adding them to your portfolio)
Friday: Finish Facebook
NEXT MONDAY: You will need 40 notecards and a ziplock bag!
BEFORE BREAK: You will need to own the novel Chains.  It is being sold at the book fair this week!